Eero Paloheimo
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Eero Paloheimo is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 designer, politician
Politician
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 and university professor.

Brief history

Eero Paloheimo was a Green Party
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....

 representative in the Finnish Parliament from 1987 until 1995 and, during his final year in Parliament
Parliament of Finland
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, Chairman of the Committee of Long–Term Future Options. Paloheimo was also a professor for the Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki University of Technology
Aalto University School of Science and Technology , was the temporary name for Helsinki University of Technology during the process of forming the Aalto University...

 from his resignation until the year 2000.

Eero Paloheimo is currently involved in the development of a new Finnish traffic system.

Education

Eero Paloheimo has both a Doctorate of Engineering from Munich
Munich
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 and a Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
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 from Helsinki
Helsinki
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